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Politics

-- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and several government official delegations on Wednesday surveyed Tran De Port, located in the namesake district in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, which can accommodate general cargo ships, shipping containers of up to 100,000 metric tons, and bulk carriers of up to 160,000 metric tons.

-- Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will officially visit Vietnam from Saturday to Sunday at the invitation of PM Pham Minh Chinh, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.

Society

-- The Thu Thiem 2 Bridge, connecting Thu Duc City with District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City, will be officially inaugurated on Thursday morning following seven years of construction.

-- Archeologists in southern Dong Nai Province have discovered over 6,200 stone artifacts, pottery shards, and earthenware dating back thousands of years at the Cau Sat and Suoi Chon relic sites in Long Khanh City, the provincial Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism announced on Wednesday.

-- Numerous kidney transplant patients at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City are forced to spend large sums of money on medicines purchased from outside since the hospital's pharmacy department has run out of certain drugs covered by health insurance.

-- A woman in Ho Chi Minh City remains in a critical condition after having a cosmetic filler injection during a non-surgical breast augmentation and facial filler treatment at an unlicensed clinic in District 6 last Saturday.

-- Authorities in Hanoi held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for a project conserving a two-façade French-era villa located at 49 Tran Hung Dao Street – 46 Hang Bai Street in Hoan Kiem District.

 Sports

-- Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem defeated world No. 8 Anish Giri of the Netherlands in the sixth round of Oslo Esports Cup on Thursday morning.

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